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Aurora Australis, Queenstown, NZ
31 March 2001
The camera is an old secondhand Ricoh SLR and a 50mm lens. Film is Kodak PJ400 and the exposures are 15-40 secs.
All images (c) Stephen Voss
Comments welcome to - stevoss@mac.com

   

Bright rays rise above the Remarkables mountain range


Orion sets in the west


The fine ray structure shows through


Curtains and rays play over Lake Wakatipu


From within the town of Queenstown, the show is fading by now


Taken near Arrowtown, a mixture of reds and greens


Another shot near Arrowtown


A longer exposure of the tail of Scorpius over the Remarkables


Looking straight up - the rays all meet in a starburst pattern (the Corona)


Scorpius rises in the east


Looking south down Lake Wakatipu


Same shot, landscape orientation


Looking west across Lake Wakatipu, reflection appears in the lake


A colourful note on which to finish